Oregon Trail, debit, credit, WIC

Did you know you can use your Oregon Trail and debit/credit cards at all three outdoor market sites? Go to the market booth and change some plastic into wooden tokens. It’s fun and easy. The debit tokens also make great gifts or incentives!

When outside funds are available, we have given out extra tokens to customers who use Oregon Trail. For 2016, we’ll have the Double Up Food Bucks program, which look more like a playing card.

More vendors are using mobile technology to accept their own debit and credit. It’s another way to keep your fridge local if you run out of cash.

Many eligible vendors take WIC and Senior vouchers from June through October. A few vendors accept the enhanced WIC fruit and vegetable vouchers for a wide range of fresh and even frozen produce. As that program goes electronic, we will be out of luck until some legal and technological change occurs.